I’ve decided that the occasional bout of woodworking burnout I’m faced with has less to do with a waning interest in the hobby and more to do with a lack of inspiration. And since inspiration can come from all sorts of places, I figured I’d turn to the one place I know pretty well…the Internet.

If you type “woodworking” into just about any search engine you’ll get a plethora of options. If you type in “woodworking video”, it’ll narrow down the search but can still leave you a little overwhelmed.

A resource I recently REdiscovered for amazing videos involving woodworking is Vimeo.com. While there’s plenty of great videos at YouTube (obviously I’m fond of them) the videos I’ve been discovering at Vimeo are really at a level of filming, editing and overall production that put’s them on a different level.

The topics are often centered around a crafts person or product, but if you can look past the “subtle” sales pitch, there’s plenty of things to be inspired by in the video.

I’ve earmarked a few that I want to share from time to time. There’s no push on my part to buy anything, or suggestions to visit their stores or sites if they have one. I’m just sharing a few videos that caught my eye and may have lit a fire in my heart to get in the basement workshop and build a project or two. I hope you enjoy them!

I live about 90 minutes from Liberty Tool. It’s this shop in an old house in the middle of nowhere here in Maine, and it’s packed with every tool you can think of, except The top floor, which is essentially antiques. That video is what got me up there. If you ever get up here to Maine, go there for sure.